Online payment processors enable businesses to accept payments online in environments where doing business over the Internet is highly profitable. Our analysis of online credit card processors involves a look at the fees and costs of setting up and accepting payments on a monthly and annual basis. We compare the fees incurred by merchants across different providers to ensure competitive rates and costs.

Reliability

It is absolutely crucial for a payment processing service over the Internet to have a high rate of reliability to ensure minimal downtime and issues from arising. Due to the nature of sales on the Internet many web visitors expect for features to work. If there are issues which prevent them from processing their payment at the time they are expecting to, it could lead to a lost sale or other issues for the providing merchant.

Efficiency

Many merchants expect the ability to accept payments efficiently through whatever platform they are using to record payment information. The payment process provided by the merchant service provider needs to be efficient in nature to ensure little to no effort being required on the side of the merchant in order to accept payments. Less efficient processes can lead to lost sales and less time spent improving the service.

Variance

In order to ensure merchants will be able to take advantage of the solutions provided by the merchant service provider, it is important for the provider to offer a variety of online payment solutions and additional features. Merchants expect their providers to have a wide variety of features, reporting methods, and different methods of authorizing a payment to best suit their individual needs and requirements.

Customer Support

We understand the importance of having access to a customer support or technical support team at all times of the day when dealing with online payments. The Internet is accessible all over the world allowing for service providers to service clients all around the world. Having this opportunity means requiring the customer support team to be available at all times to ensure issues are resolved quickly when required.